For sale: Scenes from a bubble

Wondering how home prices got so high - and why they now have to fall? Here’s the story of what hit you: an amorality play in four acts. Money Magazine reports.

The buyers: The Quams and the too-good-to-be-true mortgage
The buyers: The Quams and the too-good-to-be-true mortgage
Stretched by their loan, the newlyweds rented out their second bedroom to pay the bills. (more)
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The brokers: Would you get your mortgage from this man?
The brokers: Would you get your mortgage from this man?
One broker calls the industry "a disaster," and he'll tell you so on the radio. (more)
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The appraisers: Price estimates made to order
The appraisers: Price estimates made to order
A homeowner doubts he can sells his house for what it was appraised for, and now he's stuck there. (more)
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The investors: How to get rich trading
The investors: How to get rich trading "idiot" loans
Investors have made a fortune trading bonds backed by mortgages. (more)
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More Real Estate
Mr. Worst-case scenario
Robert Shiller called the tech-stock crash just as the Nasdaq peaked. But he is also the expert on the real estate market. And where does he think it's headed now? Uh-oh. (more)
Buyers in charge: 4 strategies
The good news: Rocky real estate markets mean home shoppers finally have the upper hand. (more)
Get a better mortgage
Now more than ever it pays to be a prime borrower - here's how to be that guy. (more)
Subprime bailouts: How they work
There's some state-sponsored help on the way for subprime borrowers (more)
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